The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-10
THE ASYLUM.
Successful Working of the
Home for the Insane.
AN EXCELLENT INSTITUTION.
The improvements Completed and
Contempiated-AW Walk Through
the Building and Grounds.

While in Provo, the other day. g
HERALD representative visited the
Territorial Insane Asylum, and was
much grati6ed with his observations at
that model institution for unfortunate
demented ones. The newspaper man
was kindly shown through the iargs
establishment by the steward, Dir. W.
G. Hathenbruck, and such information
as WAS requested was readily and in
diligently furnished by that gentle
man. The building and grounds have
been FULLY described in this Journal be
| fore. and it is, therefore, unnecessary
now, to repeat the description.
There are at present seveuty-eight
patients in the asylum. and one more
sill DE added to day. All, so far as We
we're able TO notice during our brief
visit. we're in comfortable condition /;
none were extremely violent: many
we're allowed the freedom OF the entire
fioor,upon which their department was
located, &ni several we're on the out
side. occupied IN various ways IN fur
theting improvements about the
grounds and farm. One recent addi-
ton, completed or Friday, is one which
will prove both useful and ornamental.
1t is spacious pond, in which ii is the
intention of the management to cult
vate carp and other fish for the use of
the restitution. The pond is I25 feet
long, pesr-Shaped, some twenty feet
across Tie widest end and five or six
feet deep. Another improvement in
progress is the laying of pipes to convey
steam to the kitchen f;on the boiler
house for heating ard culinary puE
poses. Heretofore the steam has been
carried through the whole house before
reaching the kitchen, and the present
move will be far more economical and
better IL the summer time. in that it
viii save considerable in radiation and
expense of fuel.
4 walk through the building was at
tended with EXPLANATIONS of surprise
aid admiration at every turn, at the
cleanliness order and sweetness of every
room, closet and passage way. In the
railways on every floor are radiators,
BY which the interior is heated.
In the basement are the kitchen and
bakery, supplied with all the conVen
fences OF range, oven and elevator, the
last-named being used IN conveying the
cooked food to the floors above. In the
are long tables, aiTaysset
in readiness for the patients, and fur
nished with plates, cups and saucers.
knives and forks and spoons Of good
quality. The pieces of tableware are
always counted be6pre and after meals,
to guard against pStients secreting any
to use as weapons whereTlth to iSjure
themselves or their fellows The baker
consumes two sacks of -four IN one
hot r>l, yaI n
week. furnishing bread and cakes for
the inmates of the house. Men do the
cooking and baking, the women the
dish-washipg, etc.
There ere hot and cold water on every
floor; bathrooms and layatories on each
department, and some patients are
bathe0 every day, some twice and three
times q day and CtheT once week, on
Saturday.
Fire apparatus is to be seen on every
floor, and brigade has been formed
among the patients, III which all en-
rolled have become interested and eff
Gent. Incandescent lights are in use
throughout the building, so that there
is little danger of fire from that source
In the engine and boiler house is a
thirty two horse power boiler, which is
used for Lighting, heating and cooking,
but at present is IN need OF repairs, or
replacing by new one.
The water supply is drawn from a
spring in the mountain to the e asst, and
conveyed in pipes, but it has of late
proven inadequate, and 1t is now pro-
posed to bore an artesian well Tor an
additional supply.
The farm of ten acres, adjacent, and
hay land of six acres besides, have been
used to their full capacity, and have
been found to be unequal to The de-
needed. The live stock is not Whist the
institution requires, either; there being
but FIVE COWS, furnishing not enough
milk by one-half.
There is a concert room on the upper
floor, in which entertainments are oc-
casionally given by volunteer talent
from Provo City, and their recurrence
is always eagerly looked forward to by
the poor unfortunates, to whom music
always acts as a delightful charm.
The MANAGEMENT of the Insane
Asylum is, without doubt, in capable
hands. Every thing and place connected
with it are kept in the best possible
condition, which reflects care, study
and attention. The regulations are
such that denented persons sent there
for treatment, either by the Territory
the Counties or private Individuals, re
ceiYe attention which is calculated to
cure them, If durable, and, Ii not, to
render them comfortable and as pleas
ant az possible. Thereappeared TO US
co be nothing lacking, 80 make the stay
of patients agreeable and beneficial.
THE present board Of directors is T:
Warren n. Dusenberry, James Dunn
and Amos Holloway, OF Provo; P. T.
Farnswor b, Beaver: Governor West
and Don Carlos Young, Salt Lake City,
and Joseph a. West, Ogden. The resi-
ttnt officers are: Walter W. Pike,
medical superintendent; Ii. 4. Hardy.
assistant physician; ". G. Hathen-
brac6i steward; W. Z. Dusepberry
treasurer. sud q. 0. Smoot, II, secre-
tary.
According TO the quarterly report for
the quarter ending February %. 1887.
the amount OF receipts from the Terri
tory, S. for each patient, the same
.-.-.ScLI nom the counties for'each. and
from private individuals, was S6,S7S. 90.
out OF which the expenses Of the insutu-
ton were paid and g balance o. 81. ISL. Sc
WAS on hand.
As an example OF the monthly ex-
penses those Of last month, March. are
given, as follows: